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32 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON, mass. 



Every line in this publication is "original" and compiled ex- 
pressly for and by the author and is the experience of a ten years' 
residence (1S69 to 1S79) abroad as Manager of the Information 
Department of the late firm of Bowles Bros. & Co., and later, as 
Founder, Proprietor and Manager of The AMERICAN EXCHANGE 
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OF C ONGRES S 

WASHINGTON 



COPYRIGHT, 1SS0, 
BY J. B. BOWLES, BOSTON, MASS. 



FUNDS. 



JJX leaving the United States, the best, or at least 
yy the most convenient, "funds" to take with you 
are : 

ist. A Sterling (English money) Letter of Credit. 

2d. About £5 in "Sovereigns" (English gold) for 
one person, £10 for two or three, £15 for four to six, 
ete. This will be ample for jour fares from Liverpool 
to London, and until you locate at jour hotel or board- 
ing-house, after which jou can draw upon your Letter 
of Credit at the house whose name you will find indi- 
cated thereon. If ineonvenient to call upon the house 
indicated, there are other "institutions" which will cash 
your "letter," and your hotel proprietor may know how 
to do it. 

As a general thing a sterling "letter" is better than 
one in francs, even though you use it mostly on the 
continent, as the "exchange" is generally in favor of 
England, and you will get more for your draft on Lon- 
don in every country in Europe, Asia and Africa — 
excepting, possibly, France — than if you draw upon a 
letter of credit issued in francs, on Paris. 



in\i- to i hi: a.mkkican 



BILLS OF EXCHANGE. 



If you intend remaining in any one country for any 
considerable time, it is cheaper to have your agent at 

home send you bills of exchange from time to time, as 
yon may require. But be sure to have such bills mailed 
at least three weeks before yon will require the money 
in England; if on the continent, at least four weeks; 
and always have duplicates of said bills forwarded by 
the next mail after the originals have gone. Much 
trouble and suffering arises among Americans in Europe 
from delay of remittances. This is generally the plea 
of the impostor, but very often of the entirely trust- 
worthy but timid and mortified traveler, who is obliged 
to apply to his banker or an unknown fellow-countryman 
for aid to bridge over the "delayed remittance" time. 
On this account it is advisable to take with you a small 
Letter of Credit, payable in sums as drawn, to be used 
only in the above emergency. (Of course there are 
parties in whose hands such a letter would be also an 
" emergency.") 

Where two or more persons are traveling together, 
always have the Letter of Credit or Bill of Exchange 
made out payable to either of two at Least, as otherwise 
death or accident may leave the party temporarily 
penniless. 



TRAVELER AUKOAl). 



Note Carefully. — If Mr. John Smith wishes to send 
a Bill of Exchange to Mrs. Smith, don 't have it made 
payable to the order of Mrs. John Smith, but to that 
of Mrs. Temperance Jane, or whatever may be her 

Christian name; and Mrs. Smith, in endorsing the 
bill, should never use the prefix Mrs. The same as 
regards Miss Polly Smith. Always endorse jour hill 
with the name exactly corresponding with the order — 
that is, if the bill reads "to the order of Mrs. Jane 
Smith,"' endorse it "Jane Smith;" if to "Mrs. J. Smith," 
endorse simply "J, Smith." This applies to all docu- 
ments made out "to order," and non-compliance with 
such requirements causes frequent annoyance to all 
concerned. 

In all countries, save England, be sure to have your 
pockets, at the time of your leaving them, as empty 
as possible of their currency, as you are sure to be 
"shaved" if you part with it across the line. 

For ready reckoning, one pound is called the equal of 
five dollars, and one shilling, twenty-five cents. -Five 
francs is called one dollar. The facts are that one 
pound was never worth five dollars (gold), nor five 
francs one dollar. Act of Congress made the par value 
of a pound $4,866, but this is liable to fluctuation 
according to the temporary balance between the two 
countries. When you see quoted simply "Exchange 
on London, $4.86," it means that this is the price at 
which bankers in the United States are selling a bill 
drawn by them on a London bank or banker, payable 



IIIN I S T< > I 111 VMERICAN 



sixtv days after it is presented to those London bankers. 
!f you wish a bill payable at sight (that is, when 
you call for the cash upon it), the banker issuing it 
will charge von from one-half to one per cent, more 
than for a sixtv dav bill. This would make vonr pound 
eost you (with sixty-day bill at 4.866) 4.866 phis one- 
half per cent. .0243, (=4.8903]; or pins one percent, 
.04866 (=$4.9146). The above is for a Bill of Exchange 
bought in the United States. 



LETTERS OF .CREDIT. 



Now for your Letter of Credit. The issuing banker 
-will charge von. in the first place, for any sums drawn 
against it. at the rate of a sight bill. Then he will 
add one per cent, for his commission. Then he will 
again add interest from the time von obtain the cash 
on it (wherever you may draw it. in Great Britain. 
Ireland or Europe, etc.) to the time at which the money 
is supposed to be returned to the person in England 
upon whom the Letter of Credit i> drawn — which is 
generally about thirty days. This will be about one- 
halt' pci- cent. more, equal, at saj $4-9° per pound, 

to .0245. 



TRAVELER Ai'.Ro \I). 



EXAMPLE. 

E s. 
You draw in London on Letter of Credit, . ioo o 

Commission at i per cent i o 

Interest. 30 days at 6 per cent. — }. z per cent. o 10 



Bill presented to your agent in U. S. . £101 10 
On receiving this bill from the party who issued the 
credit in the United States, your agent pays it at cur- 
rent rates of sight exchange, say $4.90 per pound — 
$497.35 — thus making your pound eost you $4.9735. 

On account of the commission of one per cent, the 
Letter of Credit is more expensive than a Bill of 
Exchange : but when you are traveling from country 
to country, constantly varying the currency, and liable 
to lose or be robbed of cash, the Letter of Credit is 
infinitely to be preferred, as it is payable to you only, 
and vou can use it in sums to suit. 

Should you take Letters of Credit for £1000, or 
•upwards, or perhaps £500, I would advise dividing 
the amount into two Letters of Credit, and keep but one 
committed about you. What you might lose in "tone" 
with certain correspondents upon producing a "trifling 
Letter of Credit" ( !) you might gain in not being incon- 
venienced by losing your dependence. This "division" 
(or multiplication) of the Letter of Credit is also con- 
venient in case of temporary separation of the party. 
You may have "business" in Paris (as is likely when 



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il is very foggy in London), and be obliged to leave 
your family behind. It is not a bad idea to have Let- 
ters of Credit issued by more than one American 
banker. 

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CIRCULAR NOTES. 



There are also issued by some banks and bankers 
for the use of travelers what are called "circular notes," 
in sums of from £5 upward. These are on many 
accounts very convenient, but are open to the objection 
of bulk, and consequent liability to be lost or stolen. 
Still they are better than English bank notes, as they 
are payable to order only. 

So much for Pounds Sterling, which would be per- 
fection were it not for their villainous details of shillings 
and pence, which the average man, unprelixed by 
"English," is too busy to bother his brains over. 



UNITED STATES BONDS. 



On some accounts a United States Bond is a handy 
thing to have with you, as it is drawing interest though 
lying in your pocket, but there is a liability to lo>s 



TRAVKLLiR ADK<) \D. 



which docs not attach to Letter of Credit or Bill of 
Exchange, as the latter two are payable to order only. 
On the 30th December, 1873, the thitherto assumed 
par of 4s. 6d. for the Dollar was changed by the Lon- 
don Stock Board, to 4s. ; so that a quotation of, say 
96 per cent, in 1S73 was equivalent to one of 108 in 
1874. Driven to distraction by £, s., d. calculations, 
distraction drove us to the invention of the following 
formula, (" Patented" Jan. 7th, 1874): 

To find the value of an United States $1,000 Bond 
(and we believe that nearly all Bonds issued in the 
United States are now quoted on the same basis) multi- 
ply the integral part of the quotation by 2, and add 
5s. for every fractional eighth. 

EXAMPLE. 

United States Bond quoted at 109 }.* = £219. 

109% = 219. 5 
" " " 109% = 219.15 

You cannot, generally, sell a single Bond at better 
than within % to % of current quotations. We would 
not advise taking them abroad for sale, but any banker 
to whom you may be properly introduced will loan upon 
them at 6 per cent, or better. 

In London and Paris United States Bonds are sold 

"flat"; that is with coupon included; but in other 

European markets they are sold "so much" for the 

Bond and the actual accumulated interest to day of sale. 

With your pound costing you $4.90 in the United 



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States, you ought to get about 49 pence (4s. id.) per 
dollar, and the general ruling figures are from jS 1 , 
pence to 48'^ to 49. 48 pence to the dollar is one 
pound to five dollars. In small amounts, say 3 to 15 
or jo dollars, brokers generally give you even money, 
4 shillings to the dollar. You can generally get a little 
more for $20 (i?okl) and upward. Greenbacks go at 
a shade below coupons or gold. 



IULLS ON THE UNITED STATES. 



If your Letter of Credit gives out. as it has a habit 
of doing under temptation, if you have no bonds, no 
greenbacks, no circular notes, no francs, no friends. 
"no nothing," your last resort is, or should be. to 
"draw on home.'' 

A well and favorably known or well-endorsed party 
can easily "raise the wind" by his draft on home at 
the rate of (usually) five dollars to the pound, for any 
sum under £100 to £200. He can possibly do a little 
belter. For larger sums he can easily gel a better rate. 

The Lord help a not well-known or not well-endorsed 
party. Consciousness of untold millions in the home 
coffers of such may wreathe his countenance with 
smiles as he takes his morning Cab to his much-used 

banker's: the evening pityingly shades his homeward 



TRAVELER AIJROAD. 



walk, and, after from twenty-four hours to a week of 
mortification and misery, he makes up his mind and 
mouth to apply to a stranger for advice or assistance. 
The best thing to do is to cable, if you can raise the 
necessary pound or two by borrowing, or by a tempo- 
rary loan of your watch or jewelry to "my uncle." 



THE CURRENCY OF ENGLAND IS 

The pound (sovereign, 20s. gold piece) called $5.00 

" % " y 2 " ios. " " 2.50 

" 5 shilling (rare) crown, silver, " 1.25 

" 2 shillings & 6 pence, half-crown, " " 62 

" 2 " " " 50 

" I « - - - "bob" " " 25 

" 6 pence, " " 12 

" 4 " "■ " 8 

" 3 " " " 5 

" 1 " - - - copper " " 2 

it j£ « ... it It It j 

and Bank of England notes for 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 
and 1000 (and may be more) pounds respectively. 

A guinea is 21 shillings — 5 per cent, more than one 
pound. There have been none coined for many years, 
but they can be purchased of cT)in collectors. They 
charge you guineas instead of pounds to quietly get 



Ill\ I - TO THE AMERICAN 



another five per cent, out of you, as the average ••white 
man" don't know one from the other, until he "balan- 
ces his hooks." 

On leaving England for the continent, after arranging 
for your ticket to your first continental important stop- 
ping-place, change enough of your English money into 
francs (French) to pay for your lunch, cab fares in 
Paris or Brussels (French money here) to your hotel, 
etc., — say about one pound (equal to about 25 francs) 
to each person, and if you have much English money 
over, take it to the continent in notes of the Bank of 
England — not in gold. The latter is heavy, and you 
will get a little less for it on the continent than for 
notes, for one reason — that it costs more to send it 
hack to England, on account of the transportation. 



FRANCS. (FRENCH.) 



We have occasionally heard "Old England" roundly 

anathematized for her villainous currency. France 
deserves to be saved, if for no other reason than her 
splendid decimal system. 

A franc is worth .193 (not epiite 20 cents), though 
for ready reckoning: 



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TRAVELER ABROAD. 13 

A Napoleon (20 franc gold piece) is about $4.00 

(i <« (i 2.00 

" " " 1.00 

silver, " 1.00 

. " .40 

1 " " A* .20 
% " 50 centimes, " " .10 
1-5 " 20 " M V -04 

2 sous 10 " copper, " .02 
I " 5 " " «i .01 

An English penny-piece and half-penny, and French 
2 sous-piece and 1 sous-piece are current in either 
France or England as equivalents respectively. 

Francs; as to Letters of Credit, Bills of Exchange, 
Circular Notes, Bills on the United States, Bonds, 
Coupons and Greenbacks, can be treated in the same 
way as Pounds Sterling. 

Having thus ventilated Funds, we come to the pos- 
sibly important item in the traveler's "outfit," namely: 



PASSPORTS. 



In Austria, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Por- 
tugal, they are necessary, and are occasionally "asked 
for" in Italy, Spain and Germany; otherwise they are 



14 HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 

not absolutely necessary. We have known the circum- 
stance of a Passport being required for admission to 
certain special picture galleries in Rome. 

Naturalized citizens of the United States, especially 
if they speak English with a foreign accent, should 
always carry one. 

An American-born woman married to an unnatural- 
ized resident of the United States, is not an "American 
Citizen," and if traveling abroad, unaccompanied by 
her husband, her Passport must be issued by the author- 
ities of her husband's country. This feature caused 
some trouble during the Franco-German war. 

In view therefore of possibilities, including compli- 
cations that are likely to arise in such a nest of Govern- 
ments as exists in Europe, we would recommend 
Passports. They can be obtained of the State Depart- 
ment, at Washington, or of any United States Minister 
abroad, upon proper identification of applicant. 



BAGGAGE, (anglice, luggage.) 



"Light marching order " is the rule. Take as little 
with you on the steamer — travel with as little — as pos- 
sible. Your stateroom trunk, should not be over 20 to 
22 inches high, to go easily under your berth — You 
don't wish "Saratogas" dancing around when "she 
tips ! " 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 1 5 



In England, first-class passengers are allowed 120 
lbs. — 2d. class, 100. From London to Paris, 1st. class, 
56 lbs. About 5 cents per pound for excess ! On the 
continent, generally, you must pay for every pound, 
with some exceptions in France. 

In making the tour of great Britain, forward all your 
heavy baggage to your final leaving place, whether for 
The Continent or home, by "Goods Train," thus saving 
at least 50 per cent. 



LETTERS AND "CABLE" ADDRESS, 



If you intend traveling during the greater part of 
the time, it is advisable to make London the distrib- 
uting point of all your letters, and keep your Banker 
or Agent there posted as to your movements — as what- 
ever plans you may leave home with are liable to 
change, and you can more readily act in accordance 
with such change through London, than with home. 
If your letters be simply re-directed on the original 
envelope, there will be no additional postage, if for- 
warded to any country included in the " Postal Union." 

On leaving home, be sure to arrange with your 
Agent some Cypher Code for use in case of Cabling, 
and register said Cypher address at the respective tel- 
graph offices at home and in London, Adopt some 
unusual word as your Cypher, and give the Company 



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your address, to which a "cable" signed thus and 
received by them, is to be forwarded, your banker, 
agent, or residence, if permanently located. For in- 
stance: if you adopt the cypher "Star" and register it 
with the Companies " Star London," or " Star New- 
York," will cost you but for two words in addition to 
whatever words you may add, delivered to your London 
address. You are not obliged to sign your name in the 
body of the despatch, where it will be charged for. 
Your agent will of course know whence the special 
cypher comes ; as will also yourself on receiving such 
cypher words. You can extend this code to any 
extent — words representing sentences. The "Key" 
of this Code is of course known to yourself, and 
"Agent" (wife, husband, son or other) only. 

After having thoroughly settled all these affairs, 
compose your mind and body, and proceed leisurely to 
an Agent of The New York Life Insurance Com- 
pany, and take out a Policy. It will add greatly to the 
enjoyment of your trip ! 









TRAVELER AHROAD. 



STEAMERS. 



On following pages you will find particulars regard- 
ing the more prominent lines of steamers, some one of 
which will meet your case exactly. The tabulations of 
their respective sailings are made merely to indicate the 
proposed dates. These are liable to change as regards 
particular steamers, though it is generally intended that 
the same steamer shall sail from New York and Liver- 
pool, respectively, every fifth week. Keeping this in 
mind, you can easily fix the time of your chosen 
steamer. There are also splendid steamers of the Allan 
Line, running from Quebec and Portland, to Liverpool 
or Glasgow; also occasional good steamers of the 
Anchor or Allan Line from Boston to Liverpool, of the 
French Line from New York to Brest and Havre, of the 
North German Lloyds' to Bremen, and the Hamburg 
Line to Cherbourg (France) and Hamburg. 



APPROXIMATE OCEAN DISTANCES. 



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August 



Rates of Passage,— $6o, $So, and $ioo. R « i«»n Trip, $120, $140, $160, 
Children under 12 years of age, half price. Infants free. 



New York 
Boston 
Queenstown 
Liverpool 



AGENTS : 
Williams & Guion 
J. J. Shanahan 
J. Sott & Co. 
Guion & Co. 



No. 29 Broadway. 
No. 10 Broad Streat. 

No. 25 Water Street. 



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Rates of Passage.— $70, $So, $90 and $ ico. Round Trip, $120, 
$ x 35> $150 and $175, according to location of Stateroom and number of 
persons therein. 

AGENTS : 

Philadelphia — Peter Wright & Co., No. 307 Walnut Street. 
New York — " " No. 52 Broadway. 

Baltimore — " " No. 44 Second Street. 

Chicago— " ■■ No. 119 East Randolph St. 

Qteenstown — N. &J. Cummins & Bros. 

Liverpool — Richardson, Spence & Co., No. 17 and 19 Water Street. 
London — Keller, Wallis & Postlethwaite, No. 5 and 7 Fenchurch St. 



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To Glasgow, First Cabin, $60 to $So. Round Trips, $110 to $140. 

Second " $40. " " $75 

" London, First " $55 to $65. " " $ico to $120. 

Children from 2 to 12 years of age, Half Fare. Infants, Free. 

AGENTS : 

New York — Henderson Bros., No. 7, Bowling Green. 
Boston— m " " 103 State Street. 

Glasgow — M " •« 17 Water Street. 

London— " " •• 19 Leadenhall Street. 



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New York or Boston, to Liverpool, via Queenstown. 



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Rates of Passage, $So to $100. Round Trip, $144 to $180. 
Children between 2 and 12 years of age, Half Fare. 
AGENTS : 
New York — Chas. G. Francklyn, No. 4 Bowling Green. 
Boston— P. II. Du Vernet, No. 99 State Street. 
Queenstown — D. and C. Maclver. 

Liverpool — " " No. 8 Water Street. 

London — William Cunard, No. 6 St. Helens Place, Bishopsgate, and 
No. 28 Pall Mall. 



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Rates of Passage. — Liverpool, $50 to $75. Round Trip, $110 to $120. 
" " London, $50 to $60. " " $100. 

AGENTS I 
New York— F. W. J. Hurst, Nos. 69, 71 and 73 Broadway. 
Boston — J.J. Shannahan, No. 10 Broad Street. 
Queenstown — N. and J. Cummins & Bros. 
Liverpool — National Steamship Co., No. 23 Water Street. 
London — National Steamship Co. 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 



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Rates of Passage.— $So to $100. Round Trip $135 to $160 
Children between 2 and 12 years of age, Half-price. 

AGENTS I 

New York— John G. Dale, Nos. 31 and 33 Broadway. 
Boston— J. H. Palmer, No. 3 Old State House. 
Queenstown — C. & W. D. Seymour & Co. 
London — Eives & Allen, No. 99 Cannon Street. 
Paris — A. H. Johnson, No. | Rue Scribe. 



WHITE STAR XL.X3NTE. 

New York, via Queenstown, to Liverpool. 





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AGEN1 


100. R 
Half-pr 

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'P, $i45 
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to $175. 



New York— R. J. Cortis, No. 37 Broadway. 
Boston— C. L. Bartlett & Co., No. 115 State Street. 
Queenstown — James Scott & Co. 

Liverpool — Ismay, Imrie & Co., No. 10 Water Street. 
London — M " 



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QUEENSTOWN. 



On arriving at Queenstown, have all letters or tel- 
egrams for "home" or elsewhere ready for the tug, 
which comes out to meet you, for the transportation of 
the mails, and also for any persons who may wish to 
land at Queenstown. All the Irish and Continental 
Mails are landed here, and all the English, excepting 
those for Liverpool. The delay at Queenstown is made 
as short as possible — generally not over half to three- 
quarters of an hour. 

Travelers will note that Telegraphic Kates from Queenstown to 
other parts of the British Islands, and to the Continent, may be a 
little more than the tariff given on page 2S. 

Sandy Hook to Queenstown, Great Circle, 3250 miles. Queens- 
town to Liverpool, 240 miles. ^^ 

On arrival at Queenstown fr um Liverpool' <o» America, passen- 
gers' baggage is subjected to examination by the Custom-house. 

LIST OF DUTIABLE GOODS IX GREAT BRITAIN. 
Tobacco, 3s. 4d. to 4s. iod. per lb. Spirits, 10s. 4d. per proof gal. 
Cigars, 5s. per lb. Liqueurs, 14s. per gal. 

Gold Plate, 17s. per oz. Tea, 6d. per lb. 

Silver Plate, is. 6d. per oz. Coffee 1 i-ad. per lb. 

Wines, is. and 2s. 6d. per gallon Cocoa, 2d. per lb. 

American reprints of English works are liable to confiscation; 
Firearms also. 

If landing at Queenstown, give all baggage not needed till your 
arrival in London, to the Agent of the steamer, to he forwarded by 
"Goods Train" to your hotel (if selected) in London; or to the Lon- 
don Agents of the Steamship Company, to be held till your arrival. 

From Queenstown and Cork, you can make your trip to the Irish 
Lakes, Blarney Castle, etc., and thence to Dublin and Belfast. 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 



QUEENSTOWN CONTINUED. 



Steamer time between Qiieenstown and Liverpool about 19 
hours. 

Express Trains leave Qiieenstown and Cork, for London via 
Dublin, Kingstown, Holyhead, Chester, (the only "walled" town 
left in England,) Crewe, Stafford and Rugby, as follows : 



Week Days. 




No. 1 


No. 3 


No. 3 


Leave Qiieenstown . 
Leave Cork 




9. a.m. 
10.30 a.m. 


11.30 a.m. 
12.30 noon 


9. p.m 

10. 6 p.m 


Arrive at Dublin 

Leave " (Westland Row) 

Leave « (North Wall) 

Arrive at Holyhead 

Arrive at London (Euston Sta 


5- 5 P- m - 
6.45 p.m. 


5.40 p.m. 


4. 5 a.m 
6.15 a.m 


7.15 p.m. 
1. 15 a.m. 
9.20 a.m. 


11.30 p.m. 
.6.35 a.m. 


11. 15 a.m 
6.25 p.m 



Ti me about^ 19 hours. Fares, 1st. Class 7os.6d. ; 2d. Class, 53s. ; 
not including 1 conveyance between termini in London. 

Passengers leaving Qiieenstown by the No. 2 train, if not im- 
peded by too much baggage (which can be forwarded to London 
as t*e*n*r) ; leave Dublin at 6.45 p.m., the same as if they had 
been passengers by the No. 1 train, and thus reaching London at 
6.45 the next morning. 

Passengers leaving Qiieenstown on Saturday at 11.30 a.m. and 
9 p.m. will reach London on Sunday at 9.20 a.m., and 9.30 p.m., 
respectively. 

Sundays. — Trains leaving Qiieenstown at 9. a.m. and 9. p.m. 
and arrive at London on Monday at 6.45 a.m. and 6.25 p.m. 
respectively. 



LIVERPOOL. 



If you are not detained by low water on the "bar" 
of the Mersey, 15 to 19 hours from Queenstown 
should bring you to an anchorage at Liverpool ; where 



24 HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 

you are met by the tug, which transports you, bag and 
baggage, to the Landing Stage. On the tug you will 
generally meet the Agent of the North Western Rail- 
way, or of the Midland Railway, who will make any 
special arrangement for the transportation of a party 
of seven or upwards to London. Make a bargain 
with the Cabman, who takes you to Hotel or Rail- 
way Station. He ought not to charge over is. 6d. 
for two — 2S. for three — 28. 6d. for four, and 2d. extra 
for each piece of "luggage" taken outside the cab. No 
charge for inside. He will generally, get more, and 
right here begins your special part in the fight between 
Capital and Labor( !) ; which will rage around you, as 
its pivotal centre, till you return to that tug; unless 
you are " smart " and keep your temper — in which case 
Labor will come out a little ahead ! It's bound to win, 
anyway, with its myriads of "pickets" in the shape of 
"cabbies,"" waiters," hotel and boarding-house "ex- 
tras," &c, &c. At any hotel, restaurant, bar-room or 
the like in the British Empire or Europe, "you are 
expected" to give something extra to the "waiter." 
The amount of this fee ("Pour boire" in France; 
where, by the way, it is positively obligatory) depe nds 
upon the value of the "goods delivered," and whether 
you are an American or not. No one gives less than 
one penny for anything; on a simple "drink" an Eng- 
lishman would give id. and on a " square meal," of say 
from 3 to 5 shillings worth, 3d. An American would 
not be better "served" — scarcely so well — a second 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 25 

time, if he gave 3d. and 6d. respectively ! If you adopt 
the lower tariff, the chances are, they will take you for 
one of Her Majesty's liege subjects — Try it! 

Having now landed upon the shores of that King- 
dom "upon which the sun never sets"; inhabited by 
the Englishman; but inherited by nine-tenths of the 
citizens of the United States, — five hours "rail" brings 
you to the greatest and grandest city the world ever 
held and, (as Miss Kate Field wittily remarks) "upon 
which some people think the sun never rises." 



LONDON. 



From May to October, (the former, if not indeed 
both, included) 360 degrees of Latitude and Longitude 
do not include a hamlet, village, town or city more 
thoroughly enjoyable than this, The Cosmopolis. Its 
Health record, challenges the world. It can duplicate 
or equivalent (v.!) any Pleasure found on the "foot- 
stool" and to its Business, that of the "great" cities of 
the world is mere huckstering. Its Weather during the 
above mentioned months, is, despite the cant, Frenchy 
affectation or bad digestion of its critics, as good as that 
of any other less blessed city in existence. 



26 HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 



HOTELS. 
LONDON. 

The Queens'— Fischer's — Long's— Bath— The Albemarle. (All 
in the neighborhood of Piccadilly.) 

Ashley's — Golden Cross — Charing- Cross— Bamett'S 
(private'). (All in the neighborhood of Charing Cross.) 

The Langham — Herring's (private) American Hotel — (At 
the head of Regent Street.) 

The best " home "i" London, No. 3 Bedford Place, Blooms- 
bury Square. 

DINING ROOMS. 

Holborn Restaurant (6 o'clock, Music — don't miss it) — Kett- 
ner's, 30 Church Street, Soho. Table d' hote 6 to S. —The Crite- 
rion — St. James — The Burlington — Cafe Royal — Simpson's. 

BANKERS. 

Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co., S Bishopgate Street [within.] 

" Brown, Shipley & Co.. Founders' Court, Lothbury, E. C. 

" McCulloch & Co. 41 Lombard Street. [Lane.] 

" Morton, Rose & Co., Bartholomew House, Bartholomew 

" J. S. Morgan & Co., 23 Old Broad Street. 

" N. M. Rothschilds & Sons, New Court, St. Swithins Lane, 

" Seligman Bros., Angel Court E. C. [E. C] 

American Bankers and their London Correspondents. 
New York. Boston. London. 

August Belmont N. M. Rothchilds & Sons 

Brown Bros. & Co. Brown Bros. & Co Brown, Shipley & Co. 

Drexel, Morgan A: Co. Jacob C". Rogers J. S. Morgan & Co. 

Kidder, Peabody & Co. Kidder, Peabody & Co. Baring Bros. & Co. 
Morton, Bliss & Co. Morton, Rose & Co. 

Seligman Bros. Seligman Bros. 

S. G. & G. C. Ward. Baring Bros. & Co. 

AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN LONDON. 
( T . S. Minister, James Russell Lowell. 
First Secretary, W.J. Hoppin; Second Secretary, E. S. Nadal. 

Offices: The Members' Buildings, Victoria strut, S.W. 
Consul- General, Adam Badeau. Vice- Consul- General, Joshua 

Numi, Offices: Winchester House, 53a, Old Broad Street. 
U. S. Despatch Agent, B. F. Stevens, No. 4 Trafalgar Square. 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 27 



PASSPORTS are issued by the United States Minister, at the 
Members Building, Victoria Street, Westminister. 

Execution of Deeds, Powers of Attorney, &c, requiring 
Official seal, are made by the United States Consul General, 53a, 
Old Broad Street, and in both cases identification is required. 

CAB FARES. 

Charing Cross, is the radiating point from which the London 
cab fares are estimated. If you take a cab at any point within 4 
miles of Charing Cross, the fare is, 

For not exceeding 2 miles 1 shilling. 

For each mile or part of a mile beyond 2 . . 6d. additional 

If hired by time, 

Four-wheel [Growler] per hour or less - . 2 shilling 

Two wheel [Hansom] '■ " . . 2s. 6d. 

and 6d. [G.] to Sd. [II.] extra for each 15 min. over 

If hired outside the 4 miles radius, 

For each mile or less ...... 1 shilling 

If hired hy time, 

For each hour or less, 2s.6d. 

and 6d, [G.] -o 8d. [H.] extra for each 15 minutes over 

If hired within, but discharged without the 4 mile radius, 

If not beyond 1 mile 1 shilling 

For each additional mile within the 4 . . 6d. 

" «' " beyond the 4 is. 

These fares are for either one or two persons. 

For each person more than two . . . 6d. additional 

Additional children .*.... 3d. 

Luggage, 2d. each package taken outside. 

In hiring by the mile you are at liberty to stop anywhere on the 
route to your destination, provided that your stop or stops do not 
exceed 15 minutes in the aggregate — and you can take any route 
you please provided that the distance gone does not exceed that 
for which the fare is fixed. 

For further particulars [and in fact for everything else in Lon- 
don] see Dickens's Dictionary of London," price is. 



The Excursion Tickets of Messrs. Cook & Son, offer at least 
one unquestionable advantage, namely : by taking them, you are 
saved the annoyance of buying your tickets vJtth and in the score 
of different currencies and tongues of Europe. 



HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 



ENGLISH POSTAL INTELLIGENCE. 

RATES OF POSTAGE. 

To all parts of the United Kingdom — 

Letters, 1 oz. or under, ul. ; Newspapers, i-ad. 

Books, periodicals, photographs, printed or manuscript matter, 
etc., per 2 oz. or under i-jd. Must be open at the ends, and not ex- 
ceed 5 lb. in weight, or iS inches in length. English Postal Cards, 
7d. (thin) to Sd. (thick) per dozen. 

Registration of letters, 2d. extra. 

To European countries, Egypt, and United States per 1-2 oz. or 
under 2 i-2d. 

Postal Cards, ul. 

"Commercial Papers," (legal documents and other manuscript 
matter not of nature of a letter) not exceeding 4 oz. — 2 i-2d. 

Per two ounces additional id. 

Books, newspapers, periodicals, photographs, printed matter, 
&c, per 2 oz. or under, i-2d. Must be open at the ends, and not ex- 
ceed 41b. in weight, or 12 inches in width or depth, or 24 inches in 
length. 

Patterns of merchandise, not exceeding 2 oz. id. Must not ex- 
ceed S oz. in weight, or S in. by 4 in. by 2 in. in size. 

Letters can be posted in London, up to 5.50 p.m. at Sub-Post 
Offices and Pillar Boxes. At Euston Square Railway Station up 
to S.25 p.m. 2d. extra. Continental letters at Charing Cross Rail- 
way Station up to S.15. p.m. 6d. extra. 

TELERAPHIC RATES. 

Throughout United Kingdom, is. for 20 words; address and sig- 
nature, free. 

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, (Lake City, Pensacola, St, Mark's 
Tallahassee) Georgia, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, 
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri' (except St. Louis), Nebraska, 
North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, (except Milwau- 
kee,) 3s. Sd. per word. 

Arizona, California, Colorado, Dakotah, Idaho, Kansas. Mani- 
toba, Matamoras, (Mex.) Montana, New Mexic ">, Oregon, Utah, 
Washington Territory, Wyoming, 3s. lod. per word. 

British Columbia," Florida, (other than above) Vancouver, 4s. 
6d. per word. 

Canada, Cape Breton, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 
Brunswick, New, Hampshire, New York City, Nova -Scotia, Prince 
Edward's Island, Rhode Island, Vermont, 3s. per word. 

District of Colombia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New 
York State, Pennsylvania, 3s. 2d. per word. 

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, St. Louis, Mo., Ohio, 
Virginia, West Virginia, Milwaukee, Wis., 3s. 3d. per word. 
To Austria 4 i-2d. per word To Norway 4d. per word 
To Hungary 5d. " To Portugal 6 1 -2d. " 

To Belgium 2d. " Russia in Europe 91. 2d. " 

To France a i -ad. " To Spain 6d. " 

To Germany a<\. " To Sweden ^ i-ad. " 

To Holland' 3d. " To Switzerland 4d. " 

To Italy 5(1. " Turkey in KuropeSd. " 





TRAVELER ABROAD. 


29 




MAILS FROM AMERICA. 


Days of Sailing 


Line. 


Due in London. 


Tuesday 


Guion 


Saturday 


Wednesda 


y Cunard 


Saturday 


Thursday 


Inman or W. Star, Hamburg 


Monday 


Saturday 


W. Star or Inman 
MAILS FOR AMERICA. 


Tuesday 


Days of 


Close 
Line - in London. 


Close 


Sailing. 


in Paris. 


Tuesday I 


nman or W. Star Tuesday 


Monday 


Thursday W. Star or Inman Thursday 


Wednesday 


Saturday Cunard Saturday 


Friday 


Scotch mails, Saturday from Greenock. Irish 


Sunday from 


Loudon 


derry. 

DIFFERENCES IN TIME 

NEW YORK EQUIVALENTS. 




Boston . . 


. . 12. 1 1.42 p.m Paris 


5. 5.21 p.m 


Berlin . . 


• • 5-3 ai 5 " New Orleans . 


10.55.31 a.m 


Cincinnati , 


. . 11.1S.23 a.m Philadelphia . . 


11.55.21 " 


Chicago . . 


. . 11. 5. -9 " St. Louis . . 


10.43. 


Liverpool • 


' ' 4.44. 4 p.m St. Petersburg 


6. 4 p.m 


London . . 


• • 4-55-3° " San Francisco 


S.46.23 a.m 



Confucius says, (or ought to) that, next to Truth, the mightiest 
and prevailingest thing is, to hold your tongue, when folks lie like 
thunder for you. 

GUIDE BOOKS. 

There is a score of good Guide Books — Harpers, Appletons, 
Murrays, &c, &C, useful and intsructive; but for "light" travel- 
ing you can't do hetter than Houghton, Osgood & Co's "Satchel 
Guide," and " Badeker's " several publications, — and this [!] 
Don't fail to provide yourself with Smith's "Tape" Map of London. 
Also Dickens's Dictionary of London, price is. 

RAILWAY TRAVELING. 

In hot, dusty weather, you cannot possibly be any more uncom- 
fortable than in, or any "nastier" than when you come out of, a 
First Class English Railway "Carriage," with its squshy luxurious 
upholstering. Try 2d. class ; 20 to 25 per cent, cheaper. In winter, 
you run a little less risk of freezing in 1st. class, than in 2d! 



30 HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 

PHYSICIANS. 

We know it is considered infra dig — " against the rules of the 
R. C. P., &c, &c." for PHYSICIANS to advertise ; hut Dk. Thomas, 
(allopath) 15 Weymouth Street, Portland Place, and Dr. Yeld- 
ham (homoeopath) loTaviton Street, Gordon Square, will forgive us. 



Tradesmen, Etc. 



H. J". SCOTT <Sc S0 3ST, 
T -A- I Xj O n 55 f 

EXCLUSIVELY TO OEDEB. 55 NEW BOND STREET. 

THINKS. 

Seller, 23 and z\ Bucking-ham Street, Strand. 

OPTICIANS. 

Steward, 406 and 456 Strand. 

PATENT AGENTS. 

P. H. Justice, [formerly of Philadelphia], 14 Southampton 
Buildings. 

I'M BK ELLAS. 

Martin, 64 & 65 Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly. 
Sangster, 140 Regent Street, and 75 Cheaps ide. 

TAILORS. 

Fendick, 67 Strand; 

Hamilton & Kimfton, 105 Strand. 

CIGARS AND TOBACCO. 

John Chandler, Charing Cross Station-gate. 

THOMAS COOK Sz, JSOUST, 

Toxutr±jst»' Agents, 
LUDCATE CIRCUS, and 445 STRAND. 

TURKISH BATHS. 

The Hammam, 76 Jermyn Street; The Argyle Baths, Argyle 
Place, Regent Street 

DRY GOODS. 

Swan it Edgar ; Lewis & AHenby; Peter Robinson ; Marshall 
& Snelgrove; Farmer & Rogers; Whiteley; Waterloo House; 
(all "A 1.") 

SHIRTS, GLOVES, UNDERCLOTHING, *C. 

Henry Crouch, 34 Strand. 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 



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32 MINTS TO THE AMERICAN 



COURIERS. 

A Courier i& a luxury. If you can afford one, get a good one, 
and he will soon become an absolute necessity. Get a had one, 
and you are " done for." Your Hanker will, generally, he able to 
provide you with the address of a good one. Should any offer 
their services, see that their "credentials" are all in order. 

You can get a good Courier, at from £10 to £12 per month, 
during the busy season. A " swell " one will try to get £15. In 
addition to this amount, you must pay his (2d. class) fares. If the 
train by which you go, has no 2d. class carriage as is occasionally 
the case you must pay 1st. class. You do not have to pay his 
hotel bills; that is, you will not see it in your bill! Have your 
contract with him in writing clear and explicit. Give him money 
enough at starting to purchase railway or other fares, lunches, 
cab fares &c, and something over, till you are settled at your next 
resting place. Make him render his accounts every two or three 
days, and don't " skim them over." Don't scrimp him down to the 
lowest notch. Call him by his surname. A good Courier 
should know all about your routes, fares, hotels, "sights " etc.. and 
speak English, (plainly) French, Italian and German. 

TRAVELING SERVANTS 

Are not so well posted, and are not expected to fake such exclu- 
sive charge of your movements and cash, and do not generally 
" speak all the languages." You can get good (of the kind) for 
from £6 to £7 per month. 

CONTINENTAL MONEY. 

With the exception of the currency of France, Belgium, Swit- 
zerland and Italy, whose coinage is similar, or interchangeably 
equivalent those of other European countries are more crazing 
than England's; and Houghton, Osgood & Co's Satchel Guide, 
(page 2S6, 1S79, Ed.,) will help you out, if anything can. 

NoteCakefvllv. Where you rind gold t<> be "at a premium," 
(in Italy for instance) draw gold upon your letter of credit, and sell 
it to a broker for " paper Currency," at the rate of the day. to use in 
paying your bills; as you gel no more at shops, hotels &C, for gold 
than tor " paper." You thereby save fiie amount <>f the premium. 
On teaving countries thus afflicted, have ready the exact amount of 
your railway fare — otherwise, if the railway makes change at 
all, you will have a lot of tin- "stuff" on your hands. 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 33 

Hotels in OTHER parts of THB British Islands. 

CORK, Imperial Hotel. DUBLIN, Shelburne Hotel. 

BELF \ST, The Imperial Hotel. 
LIVERPOOL. 

The Adelphi Hotel. The North western Hotel. 

LEAMINGTON. 
Manor House Hotel, E. Duret, Proprietor. 

Leamington is the most convenient head-quarters from which 
to make your excursions to Warwick, Kenil Worth, and Strat- 
ford-on-Avon. 

RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT. 
The Esplanade Hotel, J. Kemp, Proprietor. 
EDINBURGH. 

Th8 Windsor Hotel, ioo Princes Street— opposite the Castle. 
A. M. Theim, Proprietor. 

Grieve's Hotels,— The Balmoral, Royal British and Waterloo. 

GLASGOW. 
Th3 Grand Hotel, Lewis Jefferis, Proprietor. 

BRIDGE OF ALLAN. 
Philp's Royal Hotel, R. Philp, Proprietor, 

LOCI I LOMOND. 
Inversnaid Hotel, Robert Blair, Proprietor. 

MELROSE. 
The Abbey Hotel, G. Hamilton, Proprietor, 

We take our oats in Edinburgh at brother Thiem's •• Windsor," 
Glasgow, brother Jefferis's " Grand." 

During May, June and July, the principal hotels of London, are 
Crowded and it is advisable to secure rooms at least two or three 
days ahead. 

Don't forget the " magnificent" Coach rides from the White 
Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, to Virginia Water, Windsor, Tunbridge 
Wells, Brighton, etc. 

The Gka\d Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London, was to be 
opened June ist. 1SS0, and if it be what was promised, Americans 
should take possession at once. 

Slouch Hats not current in Lombard Street. — Stove-pipe wins 
every time. 

Should you require any Printing in London, Cards, Prospectus, 
etc., Mr. Shephard, of the Civil Service Printing Co., S Salisbury 
Court, Fleet Street, is your friend. 

Our London address is care of brother Michell, Ashley's hotel, 
Covent Garden. Wait for us there. 



34 HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 

ROUTES TO THE CONTINENT. 

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, Via FOLKSTONE 
AND BOULOGNE. 

qjJlCKBST ROt'TB TO I'AKIS. 

The time of leaving London depends upon the tide at Folko 
stone. When leaving anywhere between 7 and 10.45 a.m., this is by 
tar the best route-; as it is but 9 1-4 hours to Paris, 255 miles. This 
is also the only route by which you are accompanied through by an 
Interpreter. You have but 6 miles more water than 

via DOVER AND CALAIS. 

Which leaves at fixed hour, morning- and evening throughout the 

Vear; but note that the evening train, takes no ad. class passengers. 

Time 10 1-2 hours; distance 2S3 miles. 

Baggage. 

1st, Class allowed 56 lbs. ; over that 2 i-Sd. (over 4 Cents) per 
pound. Register all heavy baggage through to Paris. Examina- 
tion there. 

A deck cabin to accommodate from I to 6 or S, can be secured by 
a telegram to the Superintendent at Folkestone or Dover, a day or 
two in advance. Price from 20s. to 30s. 

The Dover and Calais train takes also the passengers for Brus- 
sels, (Belgium) via Calais or Ostend. 

LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY, 
via NEW HAVEN, DIEPPE AND ROUEN'. 

Cheapest route to Paris (nearly 50 per cent) and pleasant enough, 
when you Can depend upon the tide at New Haven and Dieppe. 
Time from 15 hours upward. 

The General Steam Navigation Company, and other lines 
despatch good steamers from the Thames, and via Harwich, to 
northern Continental ports. 

SEA ROUTES. 

London to Antwerp 210 miles Dover In Ostend 6S miles. 

" Rotterdam 2^0 " Folkestone to Boulogne 30 " 

" Hamburg 4S0 " Newhavea to Dieppe 04 " 

Dover t<> Calais 24 " Southampton to Havre iso " 



Every American visiting London, should read The Anglo- 
American Times, the best digest of American affairs published on 
that side of the Atlantic. 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 35 



EDINBOROUGH. 



THE WINDSOR HOTEL, 

Proprietor, A. M. THIEM. 

LOCATED OPPOSITE THE CASTLE. 

ggp 33 - Special Attention Paid to American Travelers. 
PRICES MODERATE. 

Having- duly donned the armour of righteousness at St. Pauls, 
Westminster, etc., you can smile at Satan's rage and face — 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS, 

which can afford you much innocent amusement. The best are, the 
Canterbury, the Metropolitan, the Pavilion, the Royal, and Evans's. 
Take a reserved seat, a Sangster or Martin umbrella, and one of 
Chandler's best Havanas. 

There is also the Alhambra, a kind of " cross." A Music Hall 
sired it; a Theater, dam'd it. Havana allowed in "third row" only. 

There are also the Discussion Forums, Green Dragon, Fleet 
Street, and Coger's Hall, Salisbury Court. The Chair sits at 
9.30 p.m. Everything in order; from Tobacco and Theology up to 
Toddy and Treason. 

LONDON. 

PR IV A TE AMERICAN HOTEL, 

15 NEW CAVENDISH STREET, W. 



Proprietor, M. HEKKLTC, of New York. 

The above establishment offers unrivalled accommo- 
dation to Americans during their stay in- London, 
whether for one day, or for a lengthened period. The 
situation is in every way desirable, being in the best 
part of the West End — three minutes walk from Oxford, 
Bond, and Regent Streets ; near the Underground Rail- 
way, and convenient to all lines of Omnibusses. all 
Theaters. Museums, etc; 



36 HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 



PARIS CAB FARES. 

By the Course . . 1 tr. 50 By the Hour . . 2 fcs. 

1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours. 

a fcs. 4 fcs. S fcs. 10 fcs. 

15 minutes 2 50 4 50 6 50 S 50 10 50 

30 •' 300 500 700- 900 n 00 

45 " 3 5° 5 5" 7 5° 9 5° " 5" 



THE PARISIAN. 

A Weekly Continental Newspaper in the English Language. 

Published Every Thursday Morning. 

Office, 9 Rue Scribe, - - Paris. 

C. S. Wason, Editor. A. H. Johnson Publisher. 

Traveler's letters, trunks and packages received and forwarded. 
All information furnished relative to Paris and the Continent. 
American papers on file. Open on Sundays from 10 to 12 for 
delivery of letters. 

The PARISIAN is recognized as the best newspaper in the 
English language published on the Continent. 

Its aim is to give full and accurate information to Americans 
traveling abroad, and at the same time to entertain people who, 
having visited Europe, may be interested in the political, literal v, 
dramatic, artistic and social life of the old world. 

Bankers do not issue Letters of Credit for less thanf^OO; but 
will give you Hills of Exchange of, say from £10 to £jo each, for 
the amount. These are as good as — perhaps better than — Circular 
Notes. 

THE UNI TED 8 TA TE8 HO TEL, 

BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 

Located Directly Opposite the termini of the Principal 

Railways from New York and the West. 
BY FAR THE LARGEST HOTEL IN THE CITY. 

Largest Variety of Spacious Booms, single or en suite, to be found in New 
England, and the Most Liberal Scale of Prices. 

TILLY HAYNES, Proprietor. 

ISAAC N. ANDBEWS, Manager. 



TR \\ I.I.l.K AUKOAI). 



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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. 

CHARTERED [841. COMMENCED BUSINESS [845. 

Assets Jan. 1st, 1380, $33,853,330.00 Surplus for Dividends, $7,633,517.00 
Advantages of a Life Insurance Policy over a Four per cent. 



United State Bond, or a Savi 
dies within twenty-six hours. 



LgS Hank investment if the insured 







AGE 30. 






Results < 


f $22.70 a year. 


Excess of 
Profits 


Actual Rate of 
Compound Interest 


End 


Savings 


Life Insurance 


of 


Hank 


Policy, 


from the 


realized on the 


Year. 


with 


not counting 


Insurance 


Premium Paid. 




Interest. 


dividends. 


Policy. 




i 


$23.61 


$1000.00 


$97 6 -39 


4,410 per cent. 


2 


48.15 


1000.00 


95I-S5 


2,000 " 


3 


73-77 


1000.00 


926.23 


350 


4 


100.33 


1000.00 


S99.67 


120 " 




1 27. So 


1000.00 


872.20 


90 " 


6 


156.85 
185.49 


+j 1000.00 


843-iS 


60 


7 


2 1000.00 


8I3-5 1 


50 


s 


2*7-55 


^ 1000.00 


782.45 


40 


9 


220.27 


1000.00 
.5 1000.00 


77o-73 


30 


IO 


283-7$ 


716.25 


25 


ii 


•320.07 


-a 1 000.00 


679 93 


22 " 


12 


354- '- 


53 1 000.00 
k 1000.00 


645.88 


20 " 


>3 


302.52 


607.49 


iS 


M 


43i-3o 


<« 1000.00 


56S.70 


'5 


'5 


472.16 


C IOOO.OO 


5 2 7-84 


13 


16 


S'5-^9 


ri IOOO.OO 


4S4.71 


12 " 


i/ 


560.69 


'> IOOO.OO 


439-31 


11 " 


1 8 


604.40 


Q IOOO.OO 


395-00 


10 " 


19 


652.50 


IOOO.OO 


347-40 


S 


20 


703-43 


2 1000.00 


296.57 


/ 


21 


750.71 


C IOOO.OO. 


240.29 


6 1-2 " 


22 


809.72 


5 1000.00 

1000.00 


[90.28 


6 " 


-3 


S63.17 


136.83 


5 1-2" 


24 


922.12 


1000.00 


77. SS 


5 


25 


982.91 


1000.00 


17.09 


41-2" 


26 


[ 046.00 


1000.00 




4 



In the Last Ten Years. 

The New York Life Insurance Company, has paid the follow- 
in- amounts in Cash Dividends to its Policy-holders: — 

111 1S70 it paid $1,058,929 [n 1875 it paid $1,369,955 

In 1S71 " 849,679 In 1876 " 1,409,309 

1872 " 78i;6o3 In 1X77 1,440,930 

1S73 835,637 In 1S7S 'o55."75 

In [874 [,486,630 In 1S79 1,525,340 



Total in ten years, $12,313,693 
Parent Office, 346 Broadway, New York. 
New England Branch, 131 Devonshire Street, Boston. 
K. C. M. Bowles, Special Agent. 



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HINTS TO THE AMERICAN 



UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE DUTIES. 

These be your bounden duties* 
* dodge them how you may. — The Smuggler. 

Animals, for breeding purposes free 

" otherwise 20 per cent 

Ale, Porter and Beer, in bottles 35 cents per gallon 

" " " in casks ....'. 20 cents per gallon 

Antiquities — not for sale free 

Books — new 25 per cent 

" for Colleges, Libraries, or printed more 

than 20 years, or in use abroad more than 

1 year, and not for sale free 

Boots, Shoes 35 per cent 

Bronze, manufacturers of 35 per cent 

Carpets, Aubusson, Axminster, and all woven 

whole for room 50 per cent 

" Brussels Tapestry, printed on the . . j 2S cents per sq yd 

warp or otherwise / and 35 per cent 

" Brussels, wrought by the Jaquard . \ 44 cents per sq yd 

machine ( and 35 per cent 

14 Saxony, Wilton & Tournay Velvet \ 70 cents per sq yd 

wrought by the Jaquard machine . / anil 35 per cent 

" Treble Ingrain, three ply, and . . ( 17 cents per sq yd 

Worsted Chain Venetian .... I and 33 per cent 

" Velvet, Patent or Tapestry, printed ( 40 cents per sq yd 

on the warp or otherwise' .... ) and 35 per cent 

Carriages and Clocks 35 per cent 

China — Porcelain and Parian Ware, plain . 45 per cent 

" Gilded, ornamented or decorated . . 50 per cent 

-,,.,, , ,. . , c , I ;o cents per lb 

Clothing, wholly, or in part of wool . . . . j : md ^ ^ ccnt 

" Silk component 60 per cent 

" All other descriptions 35 per cent 

Coral, cut or manufactured 30 per cent 

Cutlery, Table, Arc 35 P« ccnt 

" ' Pen, |ack and Pocket Knives . . . 50 per cent 

Diamonds, and other precious stones, set . . 25 per cent 

" Unset 10 per cent 

Engravings 25 per cent 

Furniture, Purs, manufactured 35 per cent 

Gilt and Plated Ware. Ac, (inns 35 per cent 

Glassware, Gold and Silver Ware 40 per cent 

Gloves,. Kid 50 percent 

Household Effects— In use abroad one year 

and not for sale free 

fewelry — Gold, Silver, or imitation .... »5 per cent 

" * |et and imitations of ...'•• 35 l H ' r cent 

Laces, Silk, or Silk and Cotton 00 per cent 

'• Thread 30 per cent 

Linen — Table, Toweling, &c, 30c. or less per 

sq yd 35 per cent 

" Table, Toweling, Ac, above 30c. per 

sq yd . . 40 per cent 

Musical Instruments 30 per cent 



TRAVELER ABROAD. 



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U. S. CUSTOM HOUSE DUTIES. (Continued.) 

Paintings 10 per cent 

[f work of an American Artist . . free 

" Frames for do., 25 per cent 

Photographs 25 per cent 

Pipes — Meerschaum, Wood, and of all other I 1.50 per gross and 

material, except Common Clay . / 75 per cent 
Rubber Hoots, Shoes, and other articles, wholly 

of Rubber (not fabrics) 20 per cent 

" Braces, Suspenders, Webbing Arc, 

unless in part silk 35 per cent 

" Silk. Cotton, Worsted or Leather . . 50 per cent 
Saddles and Harness, 35 per cent 

Shawls-Camel's hair, or other wool . . . . j £S^£^S 

Silk — Dress, fPiece and Shawls 60 per cent 

Soap — Fancy, perfumed, Toilet, and Windsor j and^percent 

Statuary — Marble 10 per cent 

Stereoscopic Views, on glass or paper ... 30 percent 
Spirits — Brandy, Whiskey, or Gin &c. ... 2 dls per proof gal 

Umbrellas — Silk or alpaca 60 per cent 

Velvet — Silk 60 per cent 

" Cotton, or mostly cotton 35 per cent 

Watches 25 per cent 

Wines — All still wines, such as Sherry, Claret 

" or Hock, in casks 40c. per gallon 

" in bottles of 1 pint or less . . . 80c. per dozen 

" in bottles of over 1 pint, and less than 

1 quart 1.60 per dozen 

" all Champagnes and Sparkling wines 

in bottles of half pint or less . . 1.50 dols per dozen 
" in bottles of over half pint, and not 

more than 1 pint 3 dols per dozen 

" in buttles of over 1 pint, and not 

more than 1 quart 6.00 dols per dozen 

" in bottles of oxer 1 quart (extra) . 2.00 per gallon 

Every person is entitled to one watch of foreign manufacture, 
and a reasonable amount of il personal effects." 

All personal effects in use abroad one year, free. 
Physicians, Lawyers, Journalists, and professional men, gene- 
rally, are allowed to bring in certain books, pertaining- to their pro- 
fessions, and for their own personal use, free. 

Surgical and Scientifical Instruments for personal use of party 
bringing them are also free, A Mechanic, also, is allowed to bring 
in his Tools free. 

Have your Letters, while in Paris, addressed to The Parisian, 
o Rue Scribe. You can thus obtain them on Sundays, when others 

are closed. 

TheCable Rates given on page jS are those generally charged ; but 
there's no telling how often the Company may amuse itself by change. 

Thanks, old friend KREMER, for remembering us during our 
"vacation" by sending us regular tile of vour Paris Continental 
Gazette. 



THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, 

MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK. 

The attention of the traveling public — and especially 
of British and European Tourists contemplating an 
American trip — is respectfully called to the advantages 
and comforts afforded by this renowned Hotel. 

It is the largest, the best appointed, and most liberally 
managed Hotel in New York. 

It is the best building, and nearest tire-proof of any 
Hotel in the country, and the most vigilantly watched 
and cared for. The ventilation and drainage are un- 
equalled. 

It has the most charming location in the City; being 
on the beautiful Madison Square, and in the centre of 
fashionable residences, shops, places of amusement, and 
galleries of art; and only a few minutes, by Elevated 
Railway, from Central Park and Wall Street. 

The Prince of Wales, made it his home when in New 
York, and it is always patronized by the President of 
the United States. The best people of Europe and 
America, are numbered among its guests. 

The Hotel is conducted by the same firm that first 
opened it to the public. 

HITCHCOCK, DABLING & CO. 



THE PARKER HOUSE, 

SCHOOL STREET, 

BOiSTON, 3VT-A.SJS-, XT. S». A. 

ON TEE EUROPEAN PLAN. 
HARVEY D. PARKER, Proprietor. 

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